Virtual reality camera
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1. A method performed by a computing device for combining images, the computing device having a processor, a memory, an image sensor, and a housing containing the processor, the memory, and the image sensor, the method comprising:
- capturing, using the image sensor, a first image;
compositing an overlap strip from the first image onto a current field of view displayed via a viewfinder, such that while the image sensor is rotated, the overlap strip displayed via the viewfinder does not change while the current field of view displayed via the viewfinder does change;
capturing, using the image sensor, a second image;
identifying a first portion of the first image and a second portion of the second image;
for each of a plurality of offsets, tabulating a measure of error in using the offset to align the first image with the second image; and
creating a third image, based at least in part on one or more of the tabulated measures of error, that includes the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image.
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Abstract
A camera including a camera lens, acquisition circuitry receiving images via the camera lens, for acquiring a first field of view when the camera lens is in a first orientation and for acquiring a second field of view when the camera lens is in a second orientation, and a viewfinder displaying the second field of view when the camera lens is in the second orientation and displaying at least a portion of the first field of view at least partially composited with the second field of view.
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1. A method performed by a computing device for combining images, the computing device having a processor, a memory, an image sensor, and a housing containing the processor, the memory, and the image sensor, the method comprising:
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capturing, using the image sensor, a first image; compositing an overlap strip from the first image onto a current field of view displayed via a viewfinder, such that while the image sensor is rotated, the overlap strip displayed via the viewfinder does not change while the current field of view displayed via the viewfinder does change; capturing, using the image sensor, a second image; identifying a first portion of the first image and a second portion of the second image; for each of a plurality of offsets, tabulating a measure of error in using the offset to align the first image with the second image; and creating a third image, based at least in part on one or more of the tabulated measures of error, that includes the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An image capture device comprising:
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an image sensor; a viewfinder; a component configured to capture, using the image sensor, a first image; a component configured to composite an overlap strip from the first image onto a current field of view displayed via the viewfinder, such that while the image sensor is rotated, the overlap strip displayed via the viewfinder does not change while the current field of view displayed via the viewfinder does change; a component configured to capture, using the image sensor, a second image; a component configured to identify a first portion of the first image and a second portion of the second image; a component configured to, for each of a plurality of offsets, tabulate a measure of error in using the offset to align the first image with the second image; and a component configured to create a third image, based at least in part on one or more of the tabulated measures of error, that includes the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for capturing and combining images comprising:
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an image sensor configured to capture a first image and a second image; a first component configured to identify a first portion of the first image and a second portion of the second image; a second component configured to composite an overlap strip from the first image onto a current field of view displayed via a viewfinder, such that while the image sensor is rotated, the overlap strip displayed via the viewfinder does not change while the current field of view displayed via the viewfinder does change; a third component configured to, for each of a plurality of offsets, tabulate a measure of error in using the offset to align the first image with the second image; combination circuitry configured to create a third image, based at least in part on one or more of the tabulated measures of error, that includes the first portion of the first image and the second portion of the second image; and a housing that contains the image sensor, the first component, the second component, and the combination circuitry. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21)
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